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Dual papacy in the history of the Church /Part 2/ (video)
Post date: 2023-09-11Autor: BCP
The Cluniac reform, carried out by Pope Gregory VII, dealt with simony, clerogamy and investiture. In that period of time, often, as an opposition to the reform, pseudo popes appeared.
Dual papacy in the history of the Church /Part 1/ (video)
Post date: 2023-09-10Autor: BCP
What is the point of reflecting back on dual papacy in the history of the Church? The point is to look for a solution in the present insoluble situation. Pseudo Pope Francis Bergoglio has brought on himself a multiple anathema – excommunication, that is, expulsion from the Church for destroying all the foundations of faith given to us by Scripture and Tradition. It is necessary in this extraordinary situation to seek and use extraordinary means to prevent the greatest catastrophe in church history from reaching its climax.
Christmas in Moravian Bethlehem (video)
Post date: 2017-01-04Autor: BCP
Christmas in Moravian Bethlehem
The fifth anniversary of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Post date: 2016-04-04Autor: BCP
On 5 April 2011, the Synod of Bishops of the UO GCC met in Zhovkva, Ukraine, and established the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate. It became an independent religious structure which exercises prophetic ministry in matters of faith and morals for both the Western and Eastern Churches. Over a period of five years, confronted with spiritual and psychological war, the Byzantine Patriarchate has fought for the defence of orthodoxy and moral values enshrined in the law of God. Its struggle is currently aimed at saving the Eastern – Orthodox Church from the process of self-destruction, in which treacherous hierarchs, who have betrayed and sold Christ like Judas, play a major role.The Patriarchate has no subordinate dioceses; it is a prophetic and moral authority both for the Western and Eastern Church.
Anniversary of the jubilee renewal of baptism
Post date: 2014-07-06Autor: BCP
On Sunday, 6 July 2014, we will mark the first anniversary of the renewal of baptism in the Dnieper River in Kiev. We vividly recall the canonization of John Milic of Kromeriz, Czech preacher of repentance and prophet, by Patriarch Elijah of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate during a solemn liturgy in front of the Church of St. Sophia in Kiev on the eve of the feast of nativity of St. John the Baptist.
Saint John Milic of Kromeriz /Brief biography/
Post date: 2013-07-27Autor: BCP
Czech history has its heroes. During the reign of Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Roman Emperor, there lived a servant of God and prophet John who served in the Kingdom of Bohemia. He was not afraid of telling the truth, even if it was not to people’s liking. He was not afraid of going against the stream! God’s words came alive in his mouth to confront the dismal state of society and the Church. What’s more, they convicted even the Emperor himself.
Solemn renewal of baptism / Kiev, 6 July 2013
Post date: 2013-07-16Autor: BCP
Solemn renewal of baptism / Kiev, 6 July 2013
Renew your baptism 28 July 2013 (video)
Post date: 2013-07-15Autor: BCP
Renew your baptism 28 July 2013
First anniversary of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Post date: 2012-04-11Autor: BCP
The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate was established by seven bishops of the Ukrainian orthodox Greek-Catholic Church on 5 April 2011 in Zhovkva, Lvov Region, Ukraine. The Patriarchate was subject to Rome for only a few days, i.e. until 1 May 2011 when Rome openly fell away from Christ, the apostles’ doctrine and faith, and two-thousand-year Catholic tradition. The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate protects and represents the purity of the Catholic faith, the apostles’ doctrine and orthodox Tradition, which the Church of Christ adhered to throughout 2000 years. It separated from heresies which destroy the essence of the Catholic Church.
Episcopal consecrations and the BCP
Post date: 2011-05-06Autor: BCP
On 3rd March 2008, the episcopal consecration of four Basilian monks from the Pidhirtsi monastery was made public. This was announced to the Holy Father along with an explanation that this step was taken in an emergency situation and for the good of the UGCC.On 5th April 2011, due to the growing crisis in the Church, the orthodox Synod of Bishops declared the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate, whose scope of activity goes beyond the limits of the Ukrainian Church and which has become an orthodox alternative for the orthodox Catholics of the Latin rite. The establishment of the Patriarchate has an extremely serious reason, namely: defence of the orthodox Catholic teaching and morals in the whole Catholic Church!
Memorandum of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate (BCP)
Post date: 2011-04-12Autor: BCP
1) The reason for establishment of BCP2) Data about the Patriarch 3) The scope of activity of BCP4) Conditions of admission to BCP
Decree of establishment of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate (+ video)
Post date: 2011-04-07Autor: Synod UO GCC
In an assembly of 5 April 2011, the Synod of the UOGCC together with its Head, Archbishop Michael Osidach, considered the gravity of the situation in the Catholic Church. The resolution of the Synod was establishment of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate on the same day.
Announcement of establishment and proclamation of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Post date: 2011-04-07Autor: BCP
Your Holiness, in an extraordinary assembly of 5 April 2011, the Bishops’ Synod of the UOGCC considered the critical situation in the Catholic Church and violation of the saving faith. The response of the Synod to this catastrophic state was establishment and proclamation of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate. The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate is in true communion with You in the apostolic and catholic faith free from all heresies and from the spirit of apostasy. Together with You – Peter – we condemn all ancient as well as modern heresies, particularly those connected with the current historical-critical method.
A reply to an editor from Madrid
Post date: 2010-09-18Autor: Synod UO GCC
Dear Sir, concerning Your questions about our consecration and our Church, we reply:The question concerning us and our Synod: We announced our consecration to the Holy Father Benedict XVI and made it public. We informed him that if he would like to acquaint himself with all the details of our consecration, including the photographs, we are ready at any time for an audience where we can explain everything to him. Unallowed consecration in the Latin Church is punished with excommunication. This, however, does not apply to the Byzantine Church. And moreover, Husar as an apostate – i.e. as excommunicated from the Church – cannot excommunicate us. He did attempt to do so hypocritically by means of a frame-up trial which, however, backfired on him, convicted him of wrongdoing and brought shame on him. The Holy Father, the believers and us did not accept the results of his “trial”. Moreover, a bishop can be excommunicated by the Pope alone. There is only one exception – when a bishop is excommunicated by himself by reason of overt apostasy.
Profession of subordination to the Pope and to the orthodox Catholic Synod
Post date: 2008-12-19Autor: Contemplative sisters
Before God, before You, Your Holiness, and before the whole Church we, contemplative sisters of Saint Elias the Prophet Monastery and its four subordinate monasteries, declare: We profess subordination to You, Your Holiness, and to the orthodox Catholic Synod of the UGCC, and at the same time we refuse to unite with the heresies of Card. L. HUsar and his Synod.(Declaration of 58 religious sisters from 5 religious houses.)
An appeal to religious of the UGCC
Post date: 2008-12-19Autor: Contemplative sisters
We hereby call You, all religious brothers and sisters, who sincerely renounced the world in the desire to serve Jesus Christ and His suffering Mystical Body, the Church – make a similar decision for the sake of salvation of Your soul and for the good of the Church in Ukraine!